Which to use
“remontée” is a noun and “reportée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,117
- “remontée” frequency rank
- #21,442
- “reportée” frequency rank
- 32559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remontée | reportée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de remonter. | Participe passé féminin singulier de reporter. |
Where the eye mixes remontée and reportée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remontée and reportée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between remontée and reportée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remontée is \ʁə.mɔ̃.te\ while reportée is \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remontée is recorded at frequency rank #11,117, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.mɔ̃.te\. reportée is at rank #21,442, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 32559, this pair ranks #296,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remontée vs reportée
Shared letters: eorté. Private to "remontée": mn. Private to "reportée": p.
"remontée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "reportée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remontée" for "reportée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "remontée" vs "reportée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "remontée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reportée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #296,474 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remontée" and "reportée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récoltée vs reportée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #296,474 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.